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Good Guy Noir: Nutrition is the New Black
Whoever said black never goes out of style must have been referring to nutrition. Dark berries are certainly a runway favorite. They are high on the list of foods that provide excellent benefits to our health thanks to that dark color – it’s your tip off that you are in the presence… Read More
Cowboys & Aliens: Battling Food From a Faraway Galaxy
Have you ever looked down at the food you’re eating and thought, “Where did you come from?” It’s no space age phenomenon – it can happen right here in 1873…er, 2011. You can get the feeling a spaceship arrived in your kitchen and took over what you thought was a… Read More
Look East for Healthy Eating? Not for Veggies
Bizzaro health world? Study shows overweight youth in China eat more fruits and veggies than those who aren’t overweight. A new study published in the July 2011 issue of the American Journal of Health Behavior is reporting that overweight youth in China are doing something unexpected: they are eating lots… Read More
Saving Your Frozen for Processing? You’re Missing Out
A recap of the 2011 Berry Health Benefits Symposium includes some interesting data about those small nutritional gems we know as berries. All varieties were under discussion this year at this California symposium, including strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries, as participants piled on the evidence for the berry’s superfood status and the… Read More
More Than Honey: Crediting a Major Player in Nutrition
Pollination relies on a strong bee population, and it is crucial to providing fruits and vegetables to consumers as well as maintaining local economies. The photo above, courtesy of Geoff Leighton, shows bees hard at work in a wild blueberry field in Down East Maine this spring. Imagine looking down at… Read More
Can You Still “Summer” with the New Food Plate?
It’s cool, it’s colorful, and it has both nutritionists and consumers saying good riddance to the pyramid. It’s the New Food Plate, and it may be ushering in a new era of clarity in the world of nutrition, food labels, and portion sizes by helping us make choices about our health… Read More
ORAC: What is This Nutritional Buzzword?
Get the Basics in 10 Minutes (or Less) Learning all you can about health and nutrition? You’ve likely heard the term: ORAC. It’s the nutritional measurement developed and used to evaluate the antioxidant benefit of food. Don’t be confused by the mumbo-jumbo – the ORAC score is simply another… Read More
Never Go Hungry: The Real Secret to Healthy Weight Loss
Watching your weight? If “calories-in, calories-out” is your mantra, try changing up your food routine and start repeating the real secret to maintaining a healthy weight: Eat more. Truth is, you gotta snack in order to feel full. According to Skinny Cook Allison Fishman, “Eat more!” is the best advice… Read More
Dr. Oz’s “Cancer Detective” Makes a Case for Wild
Dr. Oz has enlisted one of the most deductive minds in plant nutrition research to help us understand the compelling potential of wild plants in cancer prevention. For us, this Sherlock Holmes of health has a very familiar name. That’s because we spoke with Dr. Mary Ann Lila about the… Read More
I Ate Pizza for Breakfast
5 Nutritional Travesties That Aren’t So Bad Photo by Richard Jones The thought pops into your head before you even stop chewing – this is a nutritional travesty. We know eating healthy food and loading up on colorful fruits and veggies is the path to feeling good and preventing… Read More
